Stool and cane



(No Model.)

o. v. GORDON. STOOL AND GANE.

No. 576,345. Patented Peb. 2, 1897.

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CHARLES VICTOR GORDON, OF EAST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

STOOL AND CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,345, dated February2, 1897. Application led December 26, 1895. Serial N0- 573,3'74. (Nomodel.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES VICTOR Gon- DON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at East Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles andState of California, have invented a new and useful Combination Stooland Cane, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide an improved folding stool which can befolded into a compact form and stored within a case approximatingtheform of a cane, so as to be. conveniently carried when required foruse.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclo-y sure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the device as itwill appear when reduced to a compact form for carrying. Fig. 2 is aview similar to Fig. 1, having the top of the case elevated. Fig. 3shows the stool folded and as it will appear when in readiness to beplaced within the case. Fig. 4 shows the stool in position for use, theseat being partially raised, the seat-post and connections being insection. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a supporting-bar and bracestrung upon the attaching-rings. Fig. G is a detail view of the upperportion of a sliding rod, showing the supporting-bars in horizon- Figs.7 to ll, inclusive, are detail views of the component parts of thefastenings for attaching the bars and braces to their respective parts.

The same reference-numerals denote corresponding and like parts in allthe figures of the drawings.

The casing l approximates the form of a cane or walking-stick, and itsupper end is closed by a removable top 2, which is fitted to the casingand held thereto in any convenient Way, and this casing is of suchrelative size as to receive the stool when folded.

The seat-post 3 has similar bores 4, extending therein for a shortdistance from its ends,

and corresponding rods 5 are adapted to slide or move within the endbores 4 and are limited in their outward movement by annular flanges 6at their inner ends, which engage with rings 7, secured. in an enlargedportion of the bores 4 near or at their outer ends.

A seat and a stand are provided at the opposite ends of the seat-postand are constructed substantiallyalike and have attachment with the rods5 and the adjacent ends of the seat-post by similar fastenings. Hence tosimplify matters only one part and one set of fastenings will bedescribed in detail, the same reference-numerals designatingcorresponding parts. The supporting-bars 8 are pivotally connected withthe braces9 andare strung upon split or. open rings 10, the ends of thebraces 9 being constructed and united in a like manner by rings 10. Aplate 11, having a flange 12 and provided with a series of radial slots13, receives ,thev rin g 10,-and a plate 14, having slots l5corresponding in position and number to the slots 13, is fitted withinthe'ange l2 and incloses the ring 10, so as to prevent'- the latter fromdisplacement. These parts 10, 1l, and 14 constitute a set of fastenings, one being provided for the ends of the supporting-bars 8 and anotherfor the ends of the braces 9.

The fastenings litt-ed to the ends of the seat-post are secured 4withinthe outer enlarged end of the bores 4 exterior to the rings 7, and theopenings through the plates 11 and 14 are su fliciently large, as shownmost clearly in Figs. 9 and lO, for the rods 5 to slide through freely.The fastenings for the ends of the supporting-bars 8 are attached to theextremities of the rods 5, preferably by means of screws or likefastenings `16, which pass through corresponding openings of proper sizein the plates 11 and 14. The registering slots land 15 of the plates 11and 14 provide for the free movements of the. bars 8 and braces 9 whenfolding and closing the stool, as will be readily understood.

The supporting-bars 8 and the braces 9 are formed of met-al and are L orT shaped in cross-section, whereby these parts are braced againstvertical and lateral stress. When the rods 5 are moved within the bores4, the supporting-bars 8 assume a horizontal position and are supportedat their outer ends by the IOO ymade of wood and the rods 5 of met-al.

braces 9, as most clearly shown in Figs. 4 and G. To fold the stool, therods 5 are moved o utward, thereby brin gin g the supporting bars andbraces into alinement and close against the sides of the said rods 5,when the stool will approximate the form shown in Fig. 3 and can beconvenientlystored within the casing l.

The members of the base or stand are maintained at a fixed relativedistance apart by interposed stays 17, which have pivotal connectionwith the braces 9 and with one another, the parts of the stays beingadapted to fold so as to lie snugly between the members of the standwhen the members of the stool are folded.

The seat-post and rods 5 may be constructed of any suitable material soas to secure lightness and strength, and it is possible to form them ofwood, or at least to have the seat-post However, the question ofmaterial is unimportant to the attainment of the desired end.

Ilaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In acombined cane and stool, the combination of a seat-post having a bore, arod slidably mounted within the said bore, supporting-bars and bracespivotally connected together, iianged plates having radial slotssecured, respectively, to the adjacent ends of the rod and seat-post,split rings iitting within the flanges of the said plates and having`the ends of the bars and braces, respectively, strung thereon, and otherplates secured within the anges of the first-mentioned plates and havingradial slots corresponding with the radial slots thereof for theadjacent ends of the rods or bars to operate in, substantially as shownand described.

2. In a combined cane and stool, the combination of a seat-post having abore extending therein from each end, rods slidably mounted Within thebores and having a limited movement therein, supporting-bars and bracespivotally connected together, lianged plates' having radial slotssecured, respectively, to the ends of the rods and seat-post, splitrings located within the fianges of the plates and having the ends ofthe bars and braces, respectively, strung thereon, other plates securedwithin the flanges of the aforesaid plates and having radial slotscorresponding with the radial slots of the said ilanged plates, andfolding stays interposed between and having pivotal connection with thebraces at the lower end of the seat-post, substantially as shown for thepurpose described.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES VICTOR GORDON.

Vitnesses:

J ENNIE A. IIAHNE, C. T. WARREN.

